1 Introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea at 50
Part I Inspirations and Influences
2 Interview with Caryl Phillips
3 Interview with Chrisila Maida
4 Infamous Daughters: A Capsule Collection Inspired by Wide Sargasso Sea
5 Wide Sargasso Sea Then and Now: Reading Jean Rhys ? la mode
6 After Mrs Rochester: On Portraying Jean Rhys Onstage
7 Interview with James Thackara
Part II Framing the Text
8 Who Writes for the Trees?: Wide Sargasso Sea, the Dominican Forest, and Its Parrots
9 Jean Rhys Getting the "Feel" of the West Indies in Wide Sargasso Sea
10 "Broken Parts" Wide Sargasso Sea and the Poetics of Caribbean Modernism
Part III Sex and Gender
11 #Metoo in Wide Sargasso Sea
12 The Lineaments of Life and Death: Desire, Sexuality and Manhood in Wide Sargasso Sea
13 Vulnerability and Authenticity: The Wisdom of Wide Sargasso Sea
Part IV In Dialogue with Wide Sargasso Sea
14 "I so wanted to hand Emma a copy of Wide Sargasso Sea" Wide Sargasso Sea and Contemporary Re-workings of Jane Eyre
15 Encryption as Transmission: The Secret Gardens of Wide Sargasso Sea
16 Burning Down Her Master's House (Again): Marlon James Responds to Jean Rhys
Index